Thiago ruled out of World Cup

Spain midfielder Thiago Alcantara will miss the FIFA World Cup with a recurrence of a knee injury, his club Bayern Munich have announced.

Published

15 May 2014

Reports emerged on Wednesday that Thiago had suffered another knee problem and Bayern have now confirmed the 23-year-old will miss the upcoming tournament in Brazil.

A Bayern statement revealed Thiago – training ahead of Saturday's DFB-Pokal final against Borussia Dortmund – tore inner ligaments in his right knee on Monday.

The former Barcelona man sustained a knee injury against Hoffenheim at the end of March and had not played since, but was an unused substitute in Bayern's 1-0 win against Stuttgart last weekend.

Thiago had been selected in Spain's provisional World Cup squad earlier this week and having missed out on the 2012 European Championship due to injury, his dreams of playing on the biggest stage of all two years later are now over.